Learning ASP.NET 2.0

For those of you out there wanting to start learning ASP.NET 2.0, there are great resources on MSDN. You can watch the live webcasts presented by Fritz Onion on MSDN by going to http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/essentialaspnet.mspx . These just started on 4th August 2005, so its not too late. I have seen almost the whole webcast series on ASP.NET 1.0 available on-demand. The webcasts are pretty good and basic for beginners. They are available in c# and VB both. The book Essential ASP.NET by Fritz Onion should be used along with the webcasts for more detailed information.
I know many people out there are anti-Microsoft and some of it is valid, but I think all the free study materials microsoft provides is great. Whatever their intention, if you have to learn these or use the particular platform, you might as well take advantage of the free tutorials. It helps one to get started and is bit less boring the just reading a book.